Fuchs Petrolub (Mannheim, Germany) announced that its 50%-owned Turkish joint venture Opet-Fuchs has acquired the automotive lubricants business from Opet, including all 176 employees of the division as well as the lubricant blending plant at Izmir, Turkey. Opet-Fuchs, meanwhile plans to begin construction of a new lubricant blending plant near Izmir during this year. The facility will have capacity for 50,000 m.t./year and it will replace the existing unit. Fuchst Petrolub and its Turkish partner Opet established their equally owned Opet-Fuchs jv, a...